As I previously mentioned, this month I’m taking part in a Kitchen PLAY campaign called “30 Days of Family Health” that will highlight a variety of healthy recipes from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). You can learn about or purchase any of these healthy cookbooks online (Use code: KITCHEN2013 for a 25% discount on all books at the ADA online store through October 4, 2013).

Asian-inspired cuisine is a dinnertime staple in our home. Stir-fry recipes, soups, rice and noodle dishes are comforting, satisfying and full of ingredients that give you a lot of bang for your buck when it comes to flavor.

I think we’ve all had variations of these dishes that are full of oil, but the truth is you only need a small amount of flavored oil to spice up Asian cuisine while keeping it healthy. While flipping through my second cookbook from the American Diabetes Association, Healthy Calendar Diabetic Cooking, I immediately landed on an Asian Beef Noodle Salad.

It had all of the ingredients I love using; peanut butter, lime juice, mint, soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil… these are the flavors that make you forget about sugar and fat.

I made a small change to this recipe. In the cookbook version, the steak is cooked on high heat in a combination of sesame oil and nonstick cooking spray. Because most sesame oils have a low smoke point I decided to cook the meat in just the nonstick cooking spray and add the sesame oil to the dressing instead. It’s a minor tweak to the original recipe that I think is worth noting.

I know you will love this Asian Beef Noodle Salad just as much as I did! I’ve truly enjoyed preparing healthy dishes for the “30 Days of Family Health” campaign and I can’t wait to continue working my way through these cookbooks.

Disclaimer: I received a free review copy of Healthy Calendar Diabetic Cooking by Lara Rondinelli Hamilton and Chef Jennifer Bucko Lamplough. I received monetary compensation for this post. However, all opinions are my own.

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Looks great. I think it is so great you are putting your time and creativity into such an important cause. Love the looks of this recipe. Good point about the smoke point. I am not sure I would have caught that.

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